[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 187 (Thursday, September 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 54901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19052]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Announcement of Elkhorn Slough, California National Estuarine 
Research Reserve Revised Management Plan

AGENCY: Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Availability for the Revised Management Plan for the 
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Estuarine Reserves Division, 
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean 
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce is announcing the availability of the updated 
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Management Plan.
    The Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve was 
designated in 1979 pursuant to Section 315 of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1461. The Reserve has 
been operating under a management plan approved in 1985. Pursuant to 15 
CFR 921.33(c), a state must revise its management plan every five 
years. The submission of this plan fulfills this requirement and sets a 
course for successful implementation of the goals and objectives of the 
reserve.
    This plan contains important revisions to the original management 
plan developed for the Reserve. For the revision, the Reserve used a 
collaborative approach, which focused on integrating the Reserve's 
programs in order to better achieve conservation success. The plan 
describes the Reserve's long-term conservation goals and details the 
process involved in identifying those goals. It also maps out the 
objectives and strategies that the Reserve will use over the next five 
years in order to move toward accomplishing its goals. The plan also 
provides an overview of the Reserve's research and monitoring, 
education, stewardship, coastal training, volunteer, and administration 
programs and describes the Reserve's plan for public access, 
acquisition, and facilities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alison Krepp at (301) 713-3155 of 
NOAA's National Ocean Service, Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 East-
West Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910. For copies 
of the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Management 
Plan, please visit http://www.elkhornslough.org/.

    Dated: September 21, 2007.
David M. Kennedy,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-19052 Filed 9-26-07; 8:45 am]
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